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LIES TAKE SHAPE

by David Heavenor

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Written when the daily news was full of images from the Bosnian war. Especially brutal was the sight of the carnage after shells fell on market stalls in Sarajevo which was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.

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LIES TAKE SHAPE Bosnia 1993


Frost on the window gossamer thin
The wind from the valleys gets under your skin
Words in a headline cut you like a shard
A bomb in a playground, a child's life is devoured


And lies take shape
Lies inflame
Lies absolve you from your Christian name
Launch your lies upon your lips
Your lies will follow you like a pirate ship


They're pointing a camera, a face fills out the frame
The serpent of war lifts up its head again
A woman lies battered, her children lie dead
If it makes you shout out a question, the answers sticks in your head


Send me a sign, oh my sister, send me a sign I pray
Write down a line that I might reach them
In this deadly Passion play


So follow the moment, the rose garden is still
The face of the Saviour stares out from the hill
Into the eyes of the city where they've perfected the art
God is a religion when He's pushed out of your heart


The child lies at the altar, heads bowed down in prayer
The face of her future masked by a black veil
So lay her in clover, wrap her in silk
I dreamed that this darkness is sweeter than milk

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released July 1, 1993
Voice and guitar: David Heavenor
Drum samples, Bass, Mandolin: Simon Jaquet
Violin: Lesley Brooks

From the album PRIVATE THE NIGHT VISITORS

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David Heavenor is a Scottish singer songwriter based in Edinburgh Scotland. He has produced 8 albums plus 3 EP's.

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